There is a cookie!!!

[r3n]

<?
echo !isset($_COOKIE['r3nPoll']);
?>

Returns '1'

but

<?
echo isset($_COOKIE['r3nPoll']);
?>

Returns nothing

Why is it doing this -- when there deffinately IS a cookie with that description.

[r3n]

hmm, since nobody is replying -- i'll try and level it down a little 🙂

pollID in this case is '1'

i'm using this to make the cookie (this works fine, no problems here

$cookie_value = 'Voted for option ' . $voteID; 
$cookie_expire_time = time() + 3600 * 12 * 365;
$cookie_path = '/'; 
setcookie ('r3nPoll' . $pollID , $cookie_value , $cookie_expire_time , $cookie_path);

And i'm using this to check it:

if(isset($_COOKIE['r3nPoll' . $pollID]))
//code goes here

As you know - the cookie is appearing in my cookies dir (along with all the other cookies), but the second script isnt picking it up, does anybody know whynot?

[jnuneznyc]

Trying to reproduce the error

[r3n]

Well you have to understand that its not realy an error as such 🙂 -- its more to do with the fact that its not returning the value "TRUE". In other words, it thinks there isn't a cookie 🙂. Cookies have worked for me in the past to some extent; i recently ran a cookie test that I made to see how it worked. The code in these two instances however are the same (to my knowledge).

So the question is: Why isn't the second script returning "TRUE" when there is a cookie matching that descriptor?

[MrAlaska]

Are you trying to read the cookie on the same page you set it? If so, that won't work unless you refresh the page. I just cut and pasted your code and it worked fine (except I changed it to a temp cookie) I got the same results as you (FALSE on isset) but when I refreshed the page the isset was TRUE

[r3n]

Did you notice that it was an IF case statement? -- The script basicaly says:

If the cookie is there:
Send user to a "you can't vote twice" page (as such).

If the cookie is not there:
Let the user cast vote! And give them a cookie so they cant vote again.

Hope that made more sense hehe 🙂 thx

[r3n]

^ this is the code as it is now 🙂

<?

// Checks if this ip has voted before
$validate_voter = mysql_query("select votersIP from $poll_log where votersIP = '$REMOTE_ADDR' and pollID=$pollID") or DIE(mysql_error());
if ((mysql_num_rows($validate_voter)>0) || (isset($_COOKIE['r3nPoll'])))
{
$msg1 = 1; //msg1: 1=Cheater, 2=Not cheater
$msg2 = 2; //msg2: 1=Display, 2=Don't Display
header("Location: http:" . $filename . "?" . $php_query . "&pollreq=" . $poll_results_page . "&msg1=" . $msg1 .  "&msg2=" . $msg2 . "#poll");
}

else
{
$msg1 = 2; //msg1: 1=Cheater, 2=Not cheater
$msg2 = 2; //msg2: 1=Display, 2=Don't Display
// Updates vote count number (adds 1)
mysql_query("update $poll_data set optionCount=optionCount +1 where pollID=$pollID and voteID=$voteID") or die (mysql_error());
// Updates vote count number TOTAL (adds 1)
mysql_query("update $poll_data set optionTotal=optionTotal +1 where pollID=$pollID") or die (mysql_error());
// Updates IP info for anti-cheat
//mysql_query("insert $poll_log set votersIP='$REMOTE_ADDR', timestamp=now(), pollID=$pollID, voteID=$voteID") or die (mysql_error());

$cookie_value = 'Voted for option ' . $voteID; 
$cookie_expire_time = time() + 3600 * 12 * 365;
$cookie_path = '/'; 
setcookie ('r3nPoll', $cookie_value , $cookie_expire_time , $cookie_path);

header("Location: http:" . $filename . "?" . $php_query . "&pollreq=" . $poll_results_page . "&msg1=" . $msg1 . "&msg2=" . $msg2 . "#poll");
}

?>

Hope this helps come up with a solution 🙂

[PHPdev]

You may try loading the page...

Editing the source... to add a die(phpinfo()); at the top.

Then look under the HTTP section to see the values set for $_COOKIE[]

Just a thought

PHPdev